(April 11, 2025)
Over 100,000 Israelis have reportedly stopped showing up for reserve duty. While their reasons differ, the scale demonstrates the war’s waning legitimacy.
Archiv: death toll in Lebanon / West Asia War
Scholz kündigt weitere Waffenexporte nach Israel an
(October 10, 2024)
„Wir haben Waffen geliefert, und wir werden Waffen liefern“, stellte Scholz in seiner Rede vor den Abgeordneten klar. Die Bundesregierung habe Entscheidungen getroffen, „die auch sicherstellen, dass es demnächst weitere Lieferungen geben wird“. In welchem Umfang welche Waffen geliefert werden sollen, ließ Scholz dabei aber offen.
Zuvor hatten die Unionsparteien der Ampelkoalition mangelnde Unterstützung Israels vorgeworfen – auch hinsichtlich von Waffenexporten.
LIVE: Israel bombs Lebanon’s Beirut, kills dozens in Gaza
Israel has carried out an air attack on the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, sending huge plumes of smoke into the sky.
Israeli forces intensify attacks across Gaza, killing more than 20 Palestinians since dawn.
Israeli strikes in Lebanon continue to kill civilians, UN rights office warns
At least 71 civilians have been killed by Israeli forces in Lebanon since the 27 November 2024 ceasefire, according to an initial review by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
Among the dead are 14 women and nine children. More than 92,000 people remain displaced by the violence.
Public Health Ministry‘s Emergency Operations Center: One martyr, three wounded including a child in Israeli airstrike on Aitaroun
(14 hours ago)
NNA – The Public Health Emergency Operations Center at the Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday announced that an Israeli drone strike on a car in the southern Lebanese town of Aytaroun led to the martyrdom of one person and the injury of three others, including a child.“
Lebanon says two killed in Israeli strike on south
„Two Syrians were killed on a motorcycle, and one citizen was injured in an enemy strike on the Dardara road“ in Lebanon‘s southern Marjayoun district, the official National News Agency said.
MoPH: 7 martyrs, 40 wounded in Saturday‘s raids
(March 23, 2025)
NNA – The Public Health Ministry‘s Emergency Operations Center issued a communique announcing that a series of raids launched by the Israeli enemy on several Lebanese regions yesterday resulted in the deaths of seven people and the injury of forty others, according to the following detailed toll:
– Tulin: Five people killed, including a child, and eleven people wounded, including two children
– Tyre: One person killed and eleven people wounded, including a child
– Qleileh: One person killed and five people wounded, including two children
– Kfar Kila: Two people wounded
– Yohmor al-Shaqif: One person wounded
– Hosh al-Sayyid Ali: Six injured
– Sere‘en: Four injured
Israeli air strikes on Lebanon kill seven amid fragile truce
(March 23, 2025)
sraeli air strikes on Lebanon killed at least seven people on Saturday, including one child, in the most significant violation of the fragile truce.
At least 40 others, including five children, were injured, Lebanon‘s Ministry of Health said.
Fatal clashes on Lebanon-Syria border: Lebanese army responds to rising violence – what are the details?
The experiences of residents in the border villages highlight a delicate and dangerous reality, particularly after the discovery of the bodies of Ahmed and Mohammad Medlej in Fadeliyeh, inside Syrian territory.
The Medlej brothers, who were married to Syrian women, were part of the minority groups that remained in the area after receiving assurances. Their deaths remain a mystery.
Lebanon says it was hit by cross-border attack from Syria as tensions escalate
In response, Lebanon’s presidency said Monday that tensions on the country’s frontier with Syria “cannot go on.”
“What is happening on the eastern and northeastern borders cannot go on, and we will not accept its continuation,” the presidency said on X, adding that President Joseph Aoun has instructed the military to respond “to the source of fire.”
Lebanon says Israeli strikes kill four in south
Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon killed four people on Sunday, Lebanese state media and the health ministry said, as Israel‘s military said it had killed two Hizbollah militants.
Enemy drone strikes vehicle in Mays al- Jabal
An Israeli drone struck a car in the town of Mays al-Jabal, killing a person.
This is the third Israeli attack on southern Lebanon within 24 hours, following the targeting of the towns of Yater and Burj al-Muluk, where three people were martyred in the three raids.
Israeli army claims it killed two Hezbollah members in southern Lebanon
The Israeli army claimed on Sunday that it had targeted and killed two Hezbollah members while they were conducting reconnaissance and directing operations in the areas of Yater and Meiss El Jabal in southern Lebanon.
Albanese: Israel’s actions in Palestine constitute genocide, calls for Israel’s suspension from the UN
Albanese went on to clarify that UNRWA cannot disappear because it is a UN body protected by international law. „Member states cannot eliminate it by changing laws or cutting funding, as Israel and other countries have attempted. The rights of Palestinian refugees will remain intact because those rights are codified in international law.“
She also raised the issue of Israel’s violations against the UN, citing the destruction of 70% of UN premises in Gaza and the targeting of UNRWA schools, which had been sheltering refugees. „Israel has violated the UN Charter, and it must be held accountable for its actions. I have called for the suspension of Israel‘s credentials in the UN because of its disregard for international rules and laws. Israel has destroyed or damaged UN premises, targeted shelters, and accused the UN of terrorism.“
Israel is a rogue nation. It should be removed from the United Nations
(October 15, 2024)
One rogue nation cannot declare war on the UN itself and continue to get away with it
Hamas Official Expresses Reservations About Oct. 7 Attack on Israel
(February 24, 2025)
Mousa Abu Marzouk, the head of Hamas’s foreign relations office, said he would not have supported such an attack on Israel had he known of the devastation it would wreak on Gaza.
WATCH — Craig Murray: UN Peacekeepers Watch Civilians Massacred
(February 13, 2025)
On Jan. 26, at least 22 unarmed civilians in southern Lebanon were shot dead by Israel and 147 wounded in a massacre observed by heavily armed U.N. Peacekeepers who did not intervene. I asked the U.N. the very hard questions which nobody else is asking them.
The civilians were simply attempting to return to their homes in accordance with both U.N. Security Resolution 1701 and the current ceasefire agreement, and indeed UNIFIL, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, has a specific mandate under 1701 to assist displaced people to return….
Biden‘s Enduring Legacy: Awful. No Worse
If ever there was a searing, sanctimonious self-immolation in presidential politics, this was it and the costs are incalculable. The damage will reverberate for decades and might never be recovered.
It will be all but impossible for the Democratic Party to accept responsibility for the catastrophe it has inflicted on America, through its head, Joe Biden, and the complicity of all of the party’s upper echelon. It will, thus, ensure that nothing will change. We desperately need a new party that reflects the interest and needs of the American people, and not those of the party’s corporate owners. Change cannot come too soon.
Israel tells southern Lebanon civilians to await return clearance
This warning comes after South Lebanon residents, accompanied by the army, attempted to return to their villages on Monday, following Israeli fire that killed over 20 people. The ceasefire, extended until February 18, allows Israel more time to withdraw, as confirmed by the White House and Lebanon‘s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati.
Israeli Forces Again Open Fire as Lebanese Try to Return Home, Lebanese Officials Say
(Jan. 27, 2025Updated 12:07 p.m. ET)
Israeli forces opened fire toward residents of southern Lebanon for a second consecutive day on Monday as people pressed on with attempts to return to their homes along the border, a day after at least two dozen people were killed and scores injured in Israeli attacks, Lebanese officials said.
The Israeli fire on Sunday was the deadliest bout of violence in Lebanon since the war between Israel and Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia, ended with a truce in November. In the renewed violence on Monday, at least two people were killed and 17 others injured, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.
Toll from Israeli attacks rises to 15 in South Lebanon: Health Ministry
A citizen was killed in the town of Odaisseh, while a man and a young woman lost their lives in Meiss El Jabal, and another citizen was killed in Markaba.
These latest casualties bring the total number of fatalities to 15 so far, according to the ministry‘s statement.
Israeli gunfire kills Lebanese soldier, injures another in southern Lebanon
The Lebanese Army announced that one of its soldiers was killed and another wounded in separate incidents of gunfire by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon.
In a statement, the army reported that the fatal shooting occurred on the Marwahin-Dhayra road in the Tyre District, while the injury took place in the town of Meiss El Jabal, Marjaayoun District.
Israel is a rogue nation. It should be removed from the United Nations
(October 15, 2024)
One rogue nation cannot declare war on the UN itself and continue to get away with it
NEWS: With Gaza Ceasefire Near, Sanders Statement on What U.S. Must Learn from Its Role in the Horrific Tragedy
(January 17, 2025)
Finally, as Americans, we must grapple with our role in this dark chapter. The United States allowed this mass atrocity to continue by providing an endless supply of weapons to Netanyahu and failing to exert meaningful leverage. This blanket military support took place in clear violation of U.S. and international law. This must not happen again. Future political leaders should learn from this terrible lesson and restore respect for our own laws and moral principles.
Israeli airstrikes target Baalbek region in Lebanon, violating ceasefire agreement
In addition to the Baalbek strikes, Israeli aircraft executed six intense airstrikes across various locations in southern Lebanon, as reported by NNA.
The ceasefire, facilitated by the United States and France, was intended to conclude nearly 14 months of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah.
Israeli airstrike on Tayr Debba kills five, injures four, health ministry reports
An Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanese town of Tayr Debba has resulted in five fatalities and four injuries, according to the Ministry of Public Health‘s Emergency Operations Center.
LIVE: Israeli air strikes hit Yemen, Lebanon as more than 20 killed in Gaza
Israel’s military said it attacked sites in Yemen controlled by Houthi fighters, including a power station near the capital Sanaa, and the ports of Hodeidah and Ras Isa.
Several people have been killed in an Israeli air strike in Lebanon’s south with Israel’s military saying later that it was still “committed to the understanding of the ceasefire” with Lebanon.
US, Israel Cheer as Lebanon Elects Joseph Aoun as President
Aoun’s election happened only after former Interior Minister Suleiman Frangieh, the main alternative candidate, withdrew and endorsed Aoun.
Electing a president requires a two-thirds majority of parliament, which was met after Frangieh’s endorsement gave Aoun the support of Hezbollah and Amal Movements. Many media reports see Aoun’s election as a sign of Hezbollah’s weakness, despite most Hezbollah MPs supporting him.
Who is Joseph Aoun, Lebanon‘s army chief turned president?
Securing 99 of the Lebanese parliament’s 128 votes, Aoun garnered widespread support across Lebanon’s political spectrum, despite initial reservations from Hezbollah and its allies.
While political statements from Aoun are rare, he recently emerged as the US and Saudi Arabia’s favoured candidate for the Lebanese presidency.
The local and international push gathered momentum following Israel’s two-month offensive in Lebanon last year, which killed over 4,000 people and displaced over a million.
Joseph Aoun – Will He be The Next President of Lebanon?
After the explosion at the port of Beirut in 2020, countries friendly to Lebanon diverted their aid to the military, claiming that they only rely on the army to distribute it. Therefore, all the aid, estimated at tens of millions of dollars, was directed directly to the army and was at Aoun’s disposal and under his direct management. It appears that the military establishment has effectively managed the funds and has never experienced a shortage due to corruption.
Israeli invasion of Lebanon (2024–present): Casualties
Since mid-September 2024, Israeli strikes on Lebanon have killed at least 2,267 people and injured 11,022 more, according to a CNN tally.[393] While in Mid-November 2024 Lebanon Ministry of Public Health reported 3,583 killed, including 231 children.[397] UNICEF confirmed that more than 200 children has been killed.[368] The Lebanese Health Ministry has reported that most Lebanese killed by Israel are civilians.[59][92][398]
Archiv: Lebanese military has neither air defense nor airforce / factual authorization for Israel airstrikes / worldwide news blackout or silence
(archive entries)
US dangles Saudi Arabia‘s cash to push candidate for Lebanon‘s presidency
The US has told Lebanese officials that Saudi Arabia is prepared to deploy hundreds of millions of dollars to reconstruct their war-torn country if Lebanese army commander Joseph Aoun is elected president, one senior Arab official and one former senior US official told Middle East Eye.
Israeli strikes kill 6 in Lebanon‘s south, 34 in Gaza
(December 7, 2024)
Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 34 Palestinians on Saturday, health officials in the enclave said, as Qatar voiced hope of fresh momentum in efforts to reach a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
The health officials said that an Israeli strike hit a house in Gaza City late Saturday, killing four women. The Israeli military did not provide an immediate comment on Saturday‘s strikes across Gaza
Nine people killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon
The Lebanese health ministry on Monday said that at least nine people were killed in Israeli air strikes on two towns in southern Lebanon.
In Haris, five people were killed while two others were wounded.
In Talousa, four people were killed and one person was wounded.
In meeting with Blinken, Egyptian FM says Lebanese army must control south
CAIRO – 26 November 2024: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Badr Abdelatty reiterated Monday in a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken the importance of empowering Lebanese state institutions, mainly the army so it would control the south.
Lebanon: UNIFIL concerned by attacks on Lebanese Armed Forces
The UN Interim Force Lebanon (UNIFIL) is also seriously concerned by numerous strikes on the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) despite their declared non-involvement in the hostilities, he added.
The LAF have reported that at least 45 soldiers have been killed in recent attacks.
Lebanon death toll surges to 3,754, as Israeli attacks kill 84 more in past day
At least 84 more people were killed in Israeli attacks across Lebanon on Saturday, bringing the overall death toll since October last year to 3,754, the Lebanese Health Ministry said on Sunday.
In a statement, the ministry added that 213 others were wounded, bringing the total number of injuries to 15,626 since October 2023.